Classical diseases revisited: Transient global amnesia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 978, 2007, Pages 236-239

  Owen, D ^b   Paranandi, B ^b   Sivakumar, R ^a,b   Seevaratnam, M ^b  

^a Queen Elizabeth II Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CONFUSION; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENOUS CONGESTION;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34247483899     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.052472     Document Type: Review

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